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Definition of Alulae
1. alula [n] - See also: alula
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alulae
Literary usage of Alulae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1878)
"These are imaginary transverse sections across the mastax, and they show how, as
an upward force is applied to the alulae at c (the points of the teeth ..."
2. The Journal of the Linnean Society by Linnean Society of London (1857)
"... alulae white. Length of the hody 3f lines; of the wings 7 lines. 110. ...
alulae and halteres testaceous. Length of the hody 4 lines; of the wings 7 ..."
3. A Manual for the Study of Insects by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1895)
"The alulae are well developed in the common House-fly. Each alula, in those
species where the alulae are well developed, consists of two lobes which ..."
4. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1898)
"... or the alulae for the larger part. The abdomen is bla«k, wil.li ware« a trace
of the bluish color, and there is no yellow pile at the ban». ..."
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